Mahatma Volume 3 (Jul 1899 - Jun 1900)

On the covers are:

• F. Robert Lanskail
• John Hamley
• John Henricks
• Hal Merton
• C. Milton Chase
• John Whalen
• Zanzic
• Walter G. Peterkin
• Ellis Stanyon
• The White Yogi
• J. Witt Dougherty

126 pages

Note: Page numbers refer to those in the PDF files when the collection was assembled. Originally each issue began with page 1.

253. Mahatma - Volume III, Number I - July 1899 - 12 pages
253. F. Robert Lanskail - photo & cover story
254. New Card Tricks - Elliott
     • New Card Reading
     • Mystic Flight of Card
254. The Modern William Tell - Chas. L. Burlingame - continued
256. Juggling Tricks - Wm. E. Robinson
256. To Change Water into the Color of Blood!
256. Eatable Candle Ends
258. A Prosperous Medium in New York - Hewes
258. Card Trick - R.A. Morrell
260. Flashes - news flashes
260. Australia - news
260. Comments and Conjuring No. 2 - Sidney Oldridge
261. Henry Hardin's Column
     • The New Plume
     • The Demon Bell
     • The Trick of Enchantment
     • Flying Rabbit
261. Card Tricks - Elliott
     • Elliott's New Numerical Card Producers
     • Elliott's Card Plates and Goblets
262. Ching Ling Foo's Marvelous Feats Exposed
     • The Magic Water Bowl - the Trick Described
     • The Three Plates - the Trick Described
     • Wonderful Fire - the Trick Described
263. Buried Alive for Nine Days

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265. Mahatma - Volume III, Number II - August 1899 - 12 pages
265. Mr. John Hamley - photo & cover story
266. The Spider - from Willmann's Zauberwelt
266. Cagliostro's Glass - Martinka
268. A Madras Miracle
268. Table Trimmings
269. The Experiment of Levitation - F.D. Hewes
269. Restoration of a Torn Up Coat
270. Flashes - news flashes
270. London Notes - news
273. Tissue Papers, Ribbons and Flag - Stanyon's Method
273. New Pass with Cards - Ellis Stanyon
273. Disappearing Coin
273. The Magic Egg
274. The Butterfly Trick
274. Amateur and Professional - Elliott
274. The Marvelous Lemon Tree
275. Henry Hardin's Column
     • Mohammed's Rings
     • The Plush Bag
     • The Phantom Flower
     • The Obedient Coins
     • A New Coin Trick

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277. Mahatma - Volume III, Number III - September 1899 - 12 pages
277. Mr. John Henricks - photo & cover story
278. Melbourne News
278. Letter from T. Hayes of Claremont, Cape Town, South Africa
278. London Notes - news
278. Chinese Linking Rings - Prof. Astbury
278. Improved Skeleton Stand, Box and Cage - H. Cohen
279. A Wrinkle in the Egg Bag Trick
280. The Spiritualistic Cigarette Paper - W.J. Hilliar
282. Explanation of Some Mahatma Miracles - Hereward Carrington
283. Flashes - news flashes
283. London Notes - news
283. Box Trick before Law Lords
285. Teaching a Dog New Tricks - Chas. L. Burlingame
     • How Towser May Pose as a Mathematician, Magician and Mind Reader
     • Cue Word for the Dog
     • Instinct Not the Only Guide
     • Eyes Give Them the Hint
     • Trained to a Steady Gaze
     • First Practice with the Figures
     • Where the Dog Reasons
     • Adding to the Lesson
     • A String of Questions
     • Different Distances Shown
     • Good Tricks Made Possible

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289. Mahatma - Volume III, Number IV - October 1899 - 12 pages
289. Hal Merton - photo & cover story
290. A Novel and Mystifying Cabinet - F.D. Hewes
290. Vanishing and Appearing Coin - Ellis Stanyon
291. Flashes - news flashes
291. Items from Australia - news
292. Mysterious Change of Handkerchief
292. A Simple Device that Fools You
292. To Change Water into the Color of Blood
293. Teaching a Dog New Tricks - Chas. L. Burlingame - continued
     • "Jollying" the Performer
     • Plenty of Time Needed
     • The Language of Flowers
     • Cue Words Not Needed
     • Language Figuring in Tricks
     • Distinguishing the Flags
     • A Dog Endowed with Speech
294. The Mysterious Glove and Rings
294. Mystery of Thoughtland - J. Burwell McPeck
294. To Light a Candle without Touching the Wick
296. Passing Egg through Hat - Otto Johnson
296. Houdini's Nut Trick
297. A New Combination - Walker and Greenough
298. A Sphinx Episode - poem by P. Sanders
298. A New Pair of Handcuffs - Hereward Carrington
298. A New Magical Theatre
298. Palmistry: Telling Fortunes by the Hand
298. Ice Made in a Drawing-Room
299. To Cause a Person's Name Written on a Piece of Paper to be Found in an Egg

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301. Mahatma - Volume III, Number V - November 1899 - 12 pages
301. C. Milton Chase - photo & cover story
302. New Ring Substitution - William J. Hilliar
302. A Card Trick - R.A. Morrell
302. New Spirit Slate Writing
302. The Spelling Bee
303. Flashes - news flashes
303. London Notes - news
304. Trick Turned into Tragedy
305. Cupid's Bower - C.L. Burlingame
306. London Notes - news
306. Michael Hatal Picked the Wrong
308. The Boy and the Rope - Hewes
309. Improved Rising Cards - William J. Hilliar
310. Conjuring: Then and Now - G.R. Reeves
310. Card Divination - Ilsa-Becq
310. The Magnetized Wand - R.B. Billimoria
311. The Educated Beetle - Ilsa-Becq

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313. Mahatma - Volume III, Number VI - December 1899 - 12 pages
313. John Whalen - photo & cover story
314. A Card Trick - John W. Little
314. Berlin News - M. Herrmann
315. Flashes - news flashes
315. Montreal Notes - news
315. Cape Town Notes - news
316. The Mystic Flower Baskets - Prof. J. Burwell McPeek
316. Melbourne News, Australia
317. Porter Tremain, Jr. - photo & news
317. Chicago News
317. Our Spelling Bee
318. A Trick for Hallow'en Follies
318. To Cause a Borrowed Watch to Instantly Disappear from Hands - Mons. Ducarel
318. Vanishing Glass of Stout - Mons. Ducarel
320. The Mysterious Remainder - E.L. Knowles
320. To Tell the Number of Cards by their Weight
320. A Mental Process in Kansas
320. A Wonderful Performance - cartoon - W.M. Goodes
322. Exposure Ruined a World Startler
322. The Doomed Palace
322. Chosen Card Caught on Point of an Ordinary Sword - Mons. Ducarel
323. Topsy Turvey House
323. London Notes - news

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325. Mahatma - Volume III, Number VII - January 1900 - 12 pages
325. Zanzic, The Famous Magician - full page photo
326. Zanzic - biography
326. Are Indian Jugglers Humbugs? - Interview with Mr. Charles Bertram - from Strand Magazine
327. Japan's Magic and Magicians - Max Berol
328. Harry Shagren - photo & news
330. Australia and Queensland - news
330. Boston Notes - news
331. Insert - Harry Houdini advertisement
332. Mr. L. A. Brignati - photo & news
332. The Soldier and his Pack of Cards
332. Carl Willmann's Anniversary - An Artist's Jubilee - from the Hamburg News
333. J. Witt Dougherty - photo & news
333. A New Wrinkle in the Flag Trick - Simmoms Bros.
333. Another Sack Test - Hereward Carrington
333. To Tell Numbers on Watches - Hereward Carrington
335. Professor Edward M. Reno and Mdme. E. Reno - photos & biography
335. Some of Reno's Dogs - photos

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337. Mahatma - Volume III, Number VIII - February 1900 (wrong month and volume number on cover) - 8 pages
337. A Simple Illusion with Handkerchiefs - Hereward Carrington
337. Dante's Death!
337. Improved Method for Handkerchief and Soup Plate Trick - Mons. Ducarel
337. Improved Calculation Feat
340. Are Indian Jugglers Humbugs? - Interview with Mr. Charles Bertram - from Strand Magazine - continued
343. Robert Houdin - C.L. Burlingame
343. To Find a Persons Name in a Real Egg - Mons. Ducarel

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345. Mahatma - Volume III, Number IX - March 1900 - 8 pages
345. Walter G. Peterkin - photo & cover story
348. The Fairy Balls - R.B.B. Billimoria
348. The Hilliar Card Pass - William J. Hilliar
348. Flashes - news flashes
348. The Popular Dictionary Trick - F. Edward Cook
349. Kellar's Show poem by William B. Maugle
349. A Wrinkle in the Tambourine Trick - William J. Hilliar
349. The Severed Head that Sings - M. Alher's Clever Illusion
350. An Improvement on Cylinder and Water Trick - WalterLynn
350. he Latest and Best Parlor Trick
351. London Notes - news
351. Boston Notes - news
351. Notes - news

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353. Mahatma - Volume III, Number X - April 1900 - 8 pages
353. Ellis Stanyon - photo & cover story
354. The Flying Jar of Water - William J. Hilliar
354. A New Card Palm - William J. Hilliar
355. The Flying Lady - illusion - William Benjamin
356. London Notes - news
356. Items from Australia and New Zealand - news
356. From Our Paris Correspondent - news
356. Berlin - news
356. News from South Africa
356. Here and There - news
357. Flashes - news flashes
357. Cleveland Notes - news
357. The Elliott, Bray, and Nash Card Experiment - Elliott
357. Boston Items - news
358. Henry Hardin's Column
     • The Dancing Decanter
     • An Old Trick Improved
358. Australian Notes - news - Harry Cohen

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361. Mahatma - Volume III, Number XI - May 1900 - 8 pages
361. The White Yogi: Frank Hewes
362. Two Great Magicians: Carl and Alexander Herrmann - An Adventure in Russia - Carl Herrmann
363. An Addition to the Handkerchief and Soup Plate Trick - Gordon
363. A New Frame for Appearing Cards - John M. Zeigler
364. Flashes - news flashes
364. The Hat Incubator - Ellis Stanyon
364. The Coin of Mercury
365. Henry Hardin's Column
     • The Water Snake
365. A General Utility Piece of Apparatus - Dr. Frank Emerson
366. The Illusion Evocation as performed by M. Alber - Narcisse Myette
366. From Our Paris Correspondent - news
366. A Few Rambling Remarks - Prof. W.J. Floyd
366. Boston Items - news

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369. Mahatma - Volume III, Number XII - June 1900 - 8 pages
369. J. Witt Dougherty - photo & cover story
370. Expóses - article
371. Two Great Magicians: Carl and Alexander Herrmann - An Adventure in Russia - Carl Herrmann - continued
372. Notes From England - news
372. An Effective Card Trick - Alfred Owen Clark
372. Thimble and Paper Cone - Ellis Stanyon
373. Egg Production Extraordinary - Prof. C.B. Cave
373. "New Card Rise" - Elliott
373. A Unique Card Experiment - C.H. Hall
373. The Penetrative Coin: 3 Methods
374. Notes and Queries - news

word count: 107358 which is equivalent to 429 standard pages of text